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A federal judge certified a class-action discrimination lawsuit targeting FedEx Corp. amid allegations the delivery service paid thousands of current and former minority employees less than their white counterparts, skipped them for promotions and gave minorities poor work evaluations.

A class action lawsuit has been filed in the Western District Court of California against 1171 Productions Group. The case involves violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act which establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments. No additional information about the substance of the allegations is available at this time. Classactionamerica.com will monitor this case and provide additional details as soon as they become available.

A statewide collective action has been filed in Florida against American Coach Lines of Orlando, Inc. The action is brought on behalf of all current and former employees who have not been paid proper overtime compensation for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. The action is brought under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and seeks back pay, liquidated damages and injunctive and declaratory relief. As a collective action all potential claimants must voluntarily "opt-in" to the case in order to be considered a member of the class. The employees have requested that the court issue notice to all potential claimants.

An employee stock ownership plan is an employee benefit plan that makes the employees of a company owners of stock in that company. A class action has been filed against safe- and vault-maker Mosler, Inc., and four company executives on behalf of former employees who participated in the company's employee stock ownership plan who allege that the executives breached their fiduciary responsibilities to the employees as stockholders, causing a drastic reduction in the value of company stock and a resultant decrease in value of the plan, in violation of state securities law.

Home Depot assistant managers in California can sue the home improvement company as a class for unpaid overtime, a Riverside California County Superior Court judge has ruled. The decision stems from three separate lawsuits against Home Depot which were consolidated into one case in Riverside. The lawsuit claims that Home Depot routinely made "merchandising assistant store managers" work at least 55 hours per week and often more.

A nationwide class action has been filed against parcel delivery giant UPS on behalf of disabled workers. The lawsuit alleges that UPS engaged in company-wide violations of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act. The plaintiffs seek a permanent injunction barring UPS from engaging in discriminatory employment practices and the implementation of policies that provide equal opportunities for disabled workers.

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